What's in Shuozhou?

Shuozhou tourist attractions: Chongfu Temple, Yanmen Pass, Yingxian Wooden Pagoda, Shiyu Paleolithic Site, Ant Han Group, Guangwu Ancient City, Shahukou, Shentouhai Chongfu Temple is a national key cultural relic The protected unit is located on the north side of Neidong Street in Shuo County. It was built in the second year of Tang Linde (665) by Yuchi Jingde, Duke of Hubei. The main hall of Chongbo Temple is Tomi Hall, which was built in 1143 by Jin Xizong. It has a history of more than 800 years and is very precious. The main hall is seven bays wide, 40.96 meters wide, and 22.31 meters deep with four eight rafters. The temple rests on the top of the mountain, with a single eaves and a total height of about 21 meters. The temple is located on a tall platform base, 2.4 meters high. There is a spacious platform in front of the base, making the temple tall and magnificent. Under the eaves of the front hall, there is a vertical plaque called Amitabha Hall, which was originally created in the 24th year of Jin Dynasty (1184). The statues of Amitabha are distributed on four large Buddhist altars. The main statue is seated, with Amitabha in the middle, Guanyin Bodhisattva on the left, and Great Tendency Bodhisattva on the right. Buddhism calls them the Three Wise Men of the West. Like the four Buddha statues on both sides of the main body, the body is slightly curved; there are two King Kong standing in the two corners of the stage, majestic and powerful, with bulging eyes. It appears they are fulfilling their respective duties to protect the law. These colorful sculptures were all works from the time when the temple was built. Although it was re-decorated in the Ming Dynasty, its shape, figure, clothing, and face shape have not changed much. It is still a treasure among the statues of the Jin Dynasty in my country. The Great Wall at Yanmen Pass stretches like a broken bamboo, and goes eastward to Pingxing Pass, Zijin Pass, Daoma Pass, to Youyan, and connects to the Hanhai Sea; to Xixuan Port, Ningwuguan, Piantou Pass and the Yellow River. There are two gates, the east gate and the west gate, both made of huge bricks. They are majestic with flying geese flying across the clouds. The gate is engraved with a plaque of ". Natural dangers and geographical advantages are respectively. There are towers towering into the clouds on the east and west gates. There are statues of Yang family generals inside the towers, and there is the Li Mu Memorial Hall outside the east gate. Unfortunately, when Japan When the invaders invaded China, these pagodas and the Li Mu Temple were burned down. Yingxian Wooden Pagoda Yingxian Buddhist Temple Sakyamuni Pagoda is located in the northwest of Yingxian City, Shanxi Province. It is commonly known as Yingxian Wooden Pagoda and is located on the north-south axis of the temple. Between the main gate and the main hall is the front tower and the back hall. The tower is built on a four-meter-high base, with a height of 67.31 meters and a bottom diameter of 30.27 meters. It has a planar octagonal facade with double eaves. It has a single eaves, with a maximum of five floors and six eaves, and a dark layer is sandwiched between each floor. Because there are double eaves and cloisters on the bottom floor, the appearance of the tower is six eaves. Two circles of wooden columns are supported. There are 24 columns on the outside of each floor and 8 columns on the inside. Many diagonal braces, beams, trusses and short columns are used between the wooden columns to form a double-beam wooden frame in different directions. The tallest and oldest existing wooden pagoda building in my country is also the only wooden pavilion pagoda. It is a national key cultural relic protection unit. Guangwu Tunbing Fort is located at the foot of the Yanmenguan Great Wall in the south of Shanyin County, Datong, Shanxi. It is the main throat inside and outside Yanmenguan. Therefore, it is called the Key of the North Gate (the name is the same as that of the Badaling Great Wall in Beijing). The old one is located to the west of Gouzhu and was built in the Western Han Dynasty. At first, it was called Guangwu Castle. It was originally used as a residence for stationed soldiers and later turned into a residential building. There are two castles guarding the east and west gates. The predecessor of Guangwu Castle was built during the Warring States Period. It was built by Zhao's mausoleum. In the Sui Dynasty, Guangwu was renamed Yanmen County.

It is bordered by Tangzi Mountain in the east, Dabao Mountain in the west, Leigong Mountain and Miaotou Mountain in the north, and the Great Wall extends from northeast to southwest. Like a semicircular wall surrounding the mouth of Shahu, there are steep cliffs on the east and west sides. The Cangtou River runs through it from south to north, forming a natural pass with a width of more than 200 meters and a length of more than 3,000 meters. The best tourist attraction. Time: Shuozhou City is located on the Loess Plateau with complex terrain. It basically has a temperate continental monsoon climate, with an average annual temperature of only 6.8 degrees. Datong is very cold in winter and cooler in summer. The most significant feature here is the temperature difference between day and night. You'd better bring an extra coat to keep out the cold in the morning and evening. Best time to travel: Spring and summer are the best times to travel. Food: The most famous specialty of Shuozhou is Yingxian purple garlic, which is one of the famous specialties in the country. 1. Xiaoshikou is the most famous one. Its characteristics are: fat head, purple and thin skin, tender and firm meat, spicy and delicious, and green onions, which are concentrated in the southern mountains. Yaocun's green onions are famous throughout the province. They are characterized by thick and long green onions with unbranched cores, sweet and spicy taste, and four or six petals when sliced. In addition, there are oatmeal, astragalus, etc. Shuozhou rice wine, a specialty of Shuozhou, began in the Western Han Dynasty.

Ingredients: rice wine, white wine, distiller’s yeast. Technology: Shuozhou rice wine is used as the wine base, local liquor is used as the raw material, koji is added to saccharify it, and then pressed and filtered to remove the residue. Features: Sweet and soft in the mouth, mellow and rich taste, low alcohol content. Function: Rich in a variety of vitamins and amino acids, it has the effect of maintaining health and promoting blood circulation. It is especially suitable for women and the elderly. Sea buckthorn juice is the most famous sea buckthorn juice from Pinglu and Youyu, and it cooperates with the famous brand Huiyuan Juice for large-scale production. Tourism introduction: Shuozhou City is located in the northern part of Shanxi Province and is an emerging energy industry city. It is located in the southern part of the Datong Basin, adjacent to the Inner Mongolia Plateau to the northwest, and to the eastern and western economic zones of China and the United States. It is the only way from Shanxi to reach the Inner Mongolia Plateau. The city has a total area of ??10,639 square kilometers and a total population of 1.27 million. According to the Zhiyu website in Shuozhou City, people lived here as early as 28,000 years ago. It belonged to Zhao during the Warring States Period, and belonged to Mayi County and Yanmen County in the Han Dynasty. In the seventh year of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty (200 BC), Wang Han moved here and became a county in the eleventh year. During the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the Shuozhou General Political Office was established. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Shuozhou belonged to Datong Prefecture. In the first year of the Republic of China (1912), it was located in Shuozhou County and belonged to Yanmen Road. It belonged to Chahar Province in 1949 and was placed under Yanbei District of Shanxi Province in 1952. Shuozhou was established in January 1989.